Sponsored by Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle - the official fat burning system of the Burn the Fat challenge - the winter event runs for 49 days across all three major holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

The summer event runs 98 days over the entire summer (Starts in Late May and runs through all of June, July and August). That's why we call it the BIG BURN.

In addition to the top 10 men and top 10 women overall, many special category awards are given every year in the Burn the Fat Challenge. Some are given every year at every event and some are special surprise awards for special achievements. Below you will see a list of all the winners in the special awards for the summer challenge of 2012.

The list below is a brief FLASH REPORT. In the week ahead, you will be seeing complete contest coverage, including reports and special interviews with our winners, many of our finalists and many of our special category winners.

Yes - YOU could be the next Burn the Fat Challenge Champion. If you follow the same success strategies that our Burn the fat champions did....

Each of our champions had their own unique approach, but there are 5 success strategies they ALL had in common, and we can give you 4 of them!

1. Proven Program. All of our champions used Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle - most importantly, they were using strategies for improving body composition - that means fat loss, not just weight loss.

2. Positive Association/ Support. All of our champions participated in a support forum using the power of association with like minded people

3. Accountability System. All of our champions used an accountability system - "keeping score" by tracking results weekly, and posting the results for others to see

4. Rewards/External Motivation. All of our champions achieved their transformation during one of our official Burn the Fat body transformation challenge competitions and the prizes/rewards were pretty "juicy."

And What's Number 5?

5. Hard Work. All of our champions worked their butts off. No "magic pills" here. As Thomas Edison once said, "There is no substitute for hard work." None.

If you will provide the hard work, we'll provide the rest. If you're not a current member of the Inner Circle family yet, we invite you to become a part of our growing community.

Click on the links below to learn more about Inner Circle membership... and we look forward to meeting you on the members-only forums... and seeing you at the next Burn The Fat Challenge!